Simon Lehna Singh, MBE is a British author who has specialised in writing about mathematical and scientific topics in an accessible manner. He is the maiden winner of the Lilavati Award.
His written works include Fermat's Last Theorem (in the United States titled Fermat's Enigma: The Epic Quest to Solve the World's Greatest Mathematical Problem), The Code Book (about cryptography and its history), Big Bang (about the Big Bang theory and the origins of the universe) and Trick or Treatment? Alternative Medicine on Trial (about complementary and alternative medicine).
He has also produced documentaries and works for television to accompany his books, is a trustee of NESTA, the National Museum of Science and Industry and co-founded the Undergraduate Ambassadors Scheme.
发表于2025-04-07
Fermat's Enigma 2025 pdf epub mobi 电子书
皮埃尔•德•费马无疑是数学史中最令人着迷的家伙之一。他出生在十七世纪法国一个商人家庭,仕途一帆风顺,以至于有资格使用“DE”这个具有贵族姓氏的前缀。费马是个富二代,但他所有的业余时间都用在数学上了。才华横溢的他被《业余大数学家的数学》一书的作者排除在外,...
评分在一个直角三角形中,斜边的平方等于两直角边的平方之和。 数字2的平方根,永远不可能被写成一个最简分数。 数字26夹在25和27之间,前者是一个平方数,后者是一个立方数。像这种夹在一个平方数和一个立方数之间的数字,有且只有一个,那就是数字26. 第...
评分这本书的好就勿需多言了,在讲述费马大定理被破解的过程中展现了几千年来人类知识的进步,并同时伴以类似侦探小说的写法,让我有看《达芬奇密码》一样欲罢不能的冲动。 这本书看着看着就有一种亲切的感觉泛起来,看到了久违的勾股定理、想起了世界上还有虚数这样一个东西存在.....
评分 评分怀尔斯依靠20世纪诞生的数学猜想和一系列数学技巧证明了费马大定理,这是现代数学的杰作。而几个世纪之前的费马显然不会是这种证明方法。费马当初写下“我已经找到了一个真正美妙的证明”,这个证明也许有缺陷,也许是一个巧妙的证明。无论是什么样的,费马一定是以17世纪的数...
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xn + yn = zn, where n represents 3, 4, 5, ...no solution
"I have discovered a truly marvelous demonstration of this proposition which this margin is too narrow to contain."
With these words, the seventeenth-century French mathematician Pierre de Fermat threw down the gauntlet to future generations.What came to be known as Fermat's Last Theorem looked simple; proving it, however, became the Holy Grail of mathematics, baffling its finest minds for more than 350 years.In Fermat's Enigma --based on the author's award-winning documentary film, which aired on PBS's "Nova"--Simon Singh tells the astonishingly entertaining story of the pursuit of that grail, and the lives that were devoted to, sacrificed for, and saved by it.Here is a mesmerizing tale of heartbreak and mastery that will forever change your feelings about mathematics.
前半部是数学简史,后半部是数学家的执着
评分从毕达哥拉斯到 Fermat 到 Andrew Wiles, 从两千年前到现在, 最后公布结果还一番波折, 公众的关注很多时候是探索乐趣的阻碍
评分从毕达哥拉斯到 Fermat 到 Andrew Wiles, 从两千年前到现在, 最后公布结果还一番波折, 公众的关注很多时候是探索乐趣的阻碍
评分精彩绝伦!如果你喜欢数学或数学家的故事这本书是必看的。如果你只是喜欢真实的好看的故事这本书也该看。
评分从毕达哥拉斯到 Fermat 到 Andrew Wiles, 从两千年前到现在, 最后公布结果还一番波折, 公众的关注很多时候是探索乐趣的阻碍
Fermat's Enigma 2025 pdf epub mobi 电子书